i'm in my mid-30s and i have lately come to the realization that many of my hobbies are a bit silly for someone my age.

at some point i should probably stop playing soccer 3 or 4 times a week, playing video games, and going out to see films based on comic books.

i dunno. i do things i like but i fear i might look like an old man who is desperately trying to remain hip.

anybody wanna share the childish things they still do so i won't feel so lame?

I watch cartoons,but usually this is because my nephews are watching them. I actually find some of them humorous.
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i still dance and sing aloud when i'm alone...lol

I'm gonna be a kid till the day I die. I play constantly. Cartoons, Sci Fi, Xbox, Wii, models, gadgets galore, electronics. My apt is more like a giant toy chest.

nyse said:

you're not even old!

(well, you don't look old anyway...)

I returned a guitar earlier this year because my budget couldn't accommodate it. I'm awfully grown.

I don't want to be a grownup

I like to color and play with play doh.... I dont have any, but when i come across it I can play for hours

tinaz said:

Me too It helps that I have a four year old niece

Alej said:

Lucky you! My brother has young ones but they live 5 hours away..

tinaz said:

My sister is a single parent so my mom takes care of my niece while she's at work. She's here pretty much all day, every day

Her

Oh! and whenever I am in the store and see anything that has a TRY ME sticker on it I DO! Anything that has buttons,and I am going to mess with it.

EmeraldSkies said:

I do that

whistle said:

I'm only 10 yrs younger than u.

Alej said:

Alej said:

OMG im the oldest one in here!

tinaz said:

u cant be over 30 ? ? ?

My grandfather played pick-up basketball into his 70s. It was only when the doctor told him to stop because he was ruining his knees, that he developed diabetes and started a 15-year decline to his death.

To this day, my favorite thing to do if I'd had an absolutely shitty day is to come home, make fish sticks and tater tots for dinner, slip Mary Poppins into the DVD player, and get out my coloring books.

I even have a crown that I wear while I do all that.

I'm a grown-up most of the time, but sometimes you just gotta give yourself a break from all that.

nyse said:

Flattery will get you..... everywhere!

Genesia said:

tinaz said:

tinaz said:

what ever u doing keep up the good work

nyse said:

Thank you!

I've been horribly grown-up lately: stocked up on car and renter's insurance, opening a retirement count, and spent a whopping $270 to frame a picture.

However, I still have a wild imagination and my reading list has made a return to old standards such as Dr. Seuss and Curious George.

whistle said:

There's a couple of interesting points here.

I've long held the opinion that when you reach about 33, you hit a change in your life. I call it a paradigm shift. The things you once thought were so damned important just aren't anymore. You start to shift from quantity to quality in friendships, time spent with people - it seeps into many parts of your life. It's just a growing phase I think.

I didn't realize it when I went through it necessarily, but a couple of years later, I realized what had happened, and was still happening through my 30's. It's not that you get old, and crotchety or anything, you just change for the better.

As far as playing soccer, don't let your age dictate that. It keeps you active and that's a plus for anyone. Going to films based on comic books? Pffft, who's judging you on that? We've all seen Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, or something like that, at one point in our lives, whether it's in the CGI era of film, or the old school era like Christopher Reeve in Superman, etc. I wouldn't try to change my life based on that alone. Do what you feel is good for you. Remember, it's 30 year old men that are making those movies, not a bunch of 21 year olds.

The important thing I've learned in my 30's, more than any other time, is to learn to be truly comfortable in my skin - or at least way more than I was in my 20's. I think in my 20's, I was just too "all over the map" to know who I was. It was in my 30's, that I became less selfish, I had my first relationship, and I grew up a bit. I'm 41 now and have no idea what this decade will hold, but it should be interesting.

Childish things I do:
I still giggle whenever someone farts out loud.
I still love all things Family Guy, and Star Wars.
I still put corn in my mashed potatoes before I eat either. My mom hated that, and so did my ex (although not as much).
And I still scratch my balls, and sometimes I sniff my fingers...just to know I'm still good for a few more hours. I'm a clean guy, not OCD, but I don't want stank on me.....not without a few hours of naked fun preceding it. HA!

I am a grown up....but I still watch cartoons, and color in colorbooks when I am sick. I will never give up those things...no matter how old I get.

I love GOD like a child

Moreso this year than I have been....ever.

It feels a bit weird, scary, but good. It was long overdue.

definitely don't give up your exercise, unless the soccer you are playing is of the table variety or on your playstation